Monday, July 4, 2011

Is God Fair?

What does fair mean? A working definition of fair is "equal treatment". Looking at that defintion, does that define God? some wold say yes, that God equally loves us no matter what we do. Altghough I agree that God does love us despite our actions, he does not show that love equally. He loves us each differently. Blowfish gave an example. Lets say there are 18 girls in the room and you have eighteen apples BUT one of the girls hasnt eaten in a long time and needs the food more than the rest of us, what would be the FAIR way to distribute the apples? Some say it would be fairest to give extra to the one girl because she needs it more, but that turns the action into love, not fairness. Fair is giving everyone equal treatment. Love is often in direct opposition to fair, therefore God is not fair because God is love.

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